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Christine Bader is currently living in Bali, Indonesia, where she is spending time focused on her family and self. She is the author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil and a former head of CSR for Amazon before leaving in 2017, a journey she details in an amazing essay titled “The year I learned to quit.” She talks about leaving the corporate world and shifting her focus from building a career to building a life.

She talks about leaving the corporate world and shifting her focus from building a career to building a life.

Topics Discussed:

  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Taking a sabbatical in Bali
  • Building a life
  • The greek concept of Kairos
  • Working in Asia
  • Working at Amazon

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